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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2691,Lat: 37.1339
Elevation	79 meter above sea level
Local time	21:05:34pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Albufeira
Name	Guia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ataboeira	1.3 km	South
2 Valverde	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Assumadas	1.5 km	NorthEast
4 Paço e Corgo	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Álamos	1.8 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	194 km	North
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	287 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	535 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Arade (1.3 km² at a height of around 60 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 75.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 105 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 30 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 28 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

67.1 km2

85.5%

Viticulture

0.8 km2

1.1%

Urban area

6.7 km2

8.6%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Poço das Canas in country Portugal

Poço das Canas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	162 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Doñana National Park	Spain	173 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	194 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barrocal	PT	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Guia

Type of weather in Guia	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	13 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	07:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam